"The rise of inherited wealth generates a class of non-privileged who, distraught, end up turning to the disputing parties"

CHRONIC. In rich countries, the rise of inherited wealth generates inequalities that harm capitalism itself and the debates on the subject are too often limited to taxation alone, says Marie Charrel, in her column.

On the day that Hana became an sworn virgin, her life changed forever. She left the university and set off to the north of Albania. Her uncle Gjergj had just died and, since he took care of her after the death of her parents, she felt indebted. In those faraway mountains, far from the world, alone, she learned how to drive rifles and smoke tobacco. She drank alcohol every day. Perhaps, to forget that the person she was had also vanished. In the …